News Agnew: Mid-year audit reviews avoid academy failings being made public The academies minister has suggested academy trusts take part in mid-year financial audit reviews to avoid “failings going onto… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News RSC Martin Post to ‘return to the sector’ after contract ends this summer The regional schools commissioner for north west London and south central England has announced he will return to the… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Cost of school savings advisers will rise to £4m, and 8 other things we learned from Agnew at education committee Academies minister Lord Agnew faced a grilling from MPs this morning over school funding, academies, exclusions and other issues… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Minister: We will ‘tighten accountability’ on exclusions The government will seek to “tighten accountability” over school exclusions following a landmark review, a minister has confirmed. Lord… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News DfE urged to give long-term poor more pupil premium cash The government should consider handing schools more pupil premium funding for those children with long-term disadvantage, the Social Mobility… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Parents want more ‘outstanding’ schools inspected, plus 4 more Ofsted findings Parents want ‘outstanding’ schools inspected more often, but believe short inspections are increasingly behind unreliable judgments. Ofsted has published… John Dickens 6y John Dickens 6y News Ofsted: Ditching grading system for pass/fail could cause more ‘gaming’ Ofsted has released a new report in defence of its under-fire grading system – warning a move to a… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News GCSE reforms led to more mock exams, report warns Reforms to GCSEs intended to cut the amount of time pupils spend in exams have actually led to an… Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News ‘Stay in school and become a scientist’ Hinds tells climate strikers Pupils in England should stay in school and become climate scientists to help solve the problems of the future,… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Forced out: The experienced teachers losing their livelihoods as schools cut costs Hundreds of teachers have seen experienced colleagues forced out to make room for cheaper workers, new data has revealed,… Freddie Whittaker 6y Freddie Whittaker 6y News Council battles academy trust over £4 million unpaid bill A cash-strapped council is trying to sue an academy trust for more than £4 million over alleged unpaid services…. Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y Pippa Allen-Kinross 6y News Exclusive Major private school chain quits Teachers’ Pension Scheme At least ten private schools are in talks with a school leaders’ union about pulling out of the Teachers’… Jess Staufenberg 6y Jess Staufenberg 6y Newer 1 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 980 Older